Articles Tagged: Iowa Board of Medicine

Iowa Board of Medicine records indicate Dr. Dale M. Grunewald, 80, has been charged with professional incompetence related to inappropriate pain management.

The Cedar Falls physician has been sanctioned four times by the Board of Medicine

A Manchester family practice and obstetrics doctor was disciplined by the Iowa Board of Medicine for having a sexual relationship with an employee who was also his patient. He was cited and ordered to pay a $3,000 civil penalty.

The new abortion restrictions include exceptions for rape, incest and the mother’s health, but doctors say the law’s language is inadequate and forces them to make legal instead of medical determinations

The state of Iowa says it will not necessarily disclose to the public the rationale for disciplinary charges against licensed professionals such as physicians, nurses, therapists and nursing home administrators.

The Iowa Board of Medicine has revoked the license of a Cedar Rapids doctor being sued for sexual exploitation and negligence by a former patient.

The Iowa Board of Medicine alleged Dr. Gabriel Hernandez Roman had used his status as a physician to gain access to private information about individuals with whom he engaged in romantic and sexual relationships.

Rules meant to carry out a blocked Iowa law banning abortions early in pregnancy will move forward, while later this week the Iowa Supreme Court will consider a legal challenge to the constitutionality of the state ban.

Senate Democrats, who no longer have the numbers needed to reject gubernatorial nominations, opposed McKenzie Snow’s nomination over her lack of public education experience.

The warnings came during a public hearing in advance of a state board meeting Jan. 12 to review feedback and further consider rules for the implementation of a law - currently blocked by the courts -- that would ban most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy.

Physicians would be required to question rape, incest victims before performing an abortion beyond 6-week mark

The Iowa Board of Medicine is set to meet Friday to consider proposed rules that include specific guidance on how medical providers are to implement the exceptions for rape, incest, fatal fetal abnormalities and medical emergencies contained in a new law that would prohibit the vast majority of abortions in the state.

A Cedar Rapids woman is contesting the state’s decision to revoke her license, arguing she’s the innocent victim of the Florida diploma mill that awarded her a fraudulent degree in nursing.

Even though a judge’s ruling this week blocked enforcement of a new abortion law in Iowa, the process that will draft rules for the law’s implementation will continue.

The complaints put Iowa in line with disturbing national trends: two-thirds of state medical boards have experienced an increase in complaints relating to licensees disseminating false or misleading information.